Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes | 2011 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 2 | Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons | 2012 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 3 | Falling to Pieces | 2013 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 4 | Thirty and a Half Excuses | 2013 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 5 | Thirty-One and a Half Regrets | 2014 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 6 | Picking Up the Pieces | 2014 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 7 | Thirty-Two and a Half Complications | 2014 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 8 | Thirty-Three and a Half Shenanigans | 2014 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 9 | Ripple of Secrets | 2015 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 10 | Thirty-Four and a Half Predicaments | 2015 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 11 | Thirty-Five and a Half Conspiracies | 2015 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 12 | Rose and Helena Save Christmas | 2014 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 13 | Sins of the Father | 2016 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 14 | Thirty-Six and a Half Motives | 2016 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 15 | Family Jewels | 2016 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 16 | For the Birds | 2017 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 17 | Hell in a Handbasket | 2018 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 18 | Up Shute Creek | 2018 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 19 | Come Rain or Shine | 2019 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 20 | When the Bough Breaks | 2020 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
| 21 | It All Falls Down | 2021 | Denise Grover Swank | Buy |
The Rose Gardner Mystery series is Denise Grover Swank’s flagship work. Starting with Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes in 2011, the series follows Rose Gardner, a woman in Fenton County, Arkansas, whose life changes when she has a vision of her own death.
The twenty-one books chart Rose’s transformation from a timid, sheltered woman into a confident investigator and business owner. The numbered title format (Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes through Thirty-Six and a Half Motives) gives the early books their identity, while later entries like Family Jewels and It All Falls Down shift to more traditional mystery titles. The series spawned multiple spinoffs and companion series set in the same world.